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I’ve written several times trying to get someone—anyone— to show a little initiative on this file. Crickets so far.
Undeterred, here we go again.
I’ll let you guys know if I get a resoonse this time.
#x #GROK

Letter:

To:
Evan Solomon,
Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Canada.
Dear Mr. Solomon,
I understand the Canadian government is reconsidering its use of X as a social media platform in the wake of controversies surrounding its Grok Al service, and X generally.
Good. The sooner the federal government stops using X, the better.
. . .
Governments urgently need to find ways to wean themselves from this platform.
In the recent past, X has helped foment right-wing riots in Britain, threatened to curtail essential military communications in Ukraine, promoted violent and extremist views and, in Canada, attempted to discredit the CBC by labelling it a
'government funded media'
Fortunately, there are alternatives: alternatives which are not owned by any corporation and through which governments can own, operate, and control their own social media platforms. The Fediverse is one such alternative worthy of investigation. Fediverse servers are relatively easy and inexpensive to implement.
International government agreements and co-ordinated roll outs would help solve the chicken-and-egg problem in transferring to a new social media platform. For this reason I propose that the issue be put on the agenda of the next G7 leaders meeting with a view to securing such agreements as soon as possible.
Thank you.

#x #grok

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